Israeli Grilled Chicken

Sunday with Marlena Spieler The idea of buying a whole chicken and splitting them into 8 pieces is a challenge for me. Being born in a vegetarian family, that walked a little longer to bypass the fish and meat markets, I have no clue how to cut a whole chicken. Last year,  I practiced cutting [...]

Pita Bread

Sunday with Marlena Spieler When the three of us were divvying up recipes to cook from the cook book, the one recipe we really wanted to try was Pita Bread. We have  heard some folks say it is a breeze to make, while others say it is difficult to make. Marlena wrote the recipe beautifully and [...]

Knishes

These pastries can be made bite sized or large enough to have for dinner. But however you make, you will want more of this beautiful earthy combination of bulgur wheat and mushrooms garnished with fresh herbs and wrapped in puff pastry dough. We tweaked the recipe to our taste. Since we made this on a [...]

Beans and Barley Soup

Sunday with Marlena Spieler The earliest memories I have of Barley is my dad asking amma to make him Barley water. As kids, we would shun away from it. My mom would incorporate barley water in vegetable soup and I would slurp on it happily clueless that it had barley water. But now, I embrace [...]

Pierogi

Sunday with Marlena Spieler Pierogi, what is it you ask? To quote Wikipedia, “Pierogi are served in a variety of forms and tastes (ranging from sweet to salty to spicy) in Polish cuisine. Pierogi were traditionally peasant food, but eventually spread in popularity throughout all social classes, including nobles. They are served at many festivals, [...]

Coleslaw

Sunday with Marlena Spieler The first time I ever had coleslaw was at KFC. After eating some really gross oily chicken, coleslaw was a welcome diversion.  I have later had some really kick ass coleslaw and wondered how I liked the other one. Ah well, I guess it was not as gross as the chicken. [...]

Curried Cabbage Salad

Sunday With Marlena Spieler You either love cabbage or you hate it. Can you tell we love it? We cooked braised cabbage with apples in class yesterday and that was one of my favorites.  We had white and red cabbage at home. With one we made coleslaw and the other this salad. Coincidentally, the Jewish [...]

Chicken Koresh

Sunday with Marlena Spieler You want a dish that has veggies, lentils and chicken? This is just the dish for you. You can make it completely vegetarian too. Marlena calls this is the Californian version of the Persian Koresh. In Persia Lamb is the meat of choice, but we use chicken in this dish.  This [...]

Fish Cutlets

Sunday with Marlena Spieler Marlena calls this Fish balls, but I call it cutlets. By whatever name you call it, this is a must try dish. While Rajesh loves fish, I did not eat fish until two years  ago. When we were in Goa, India, Rajesh ordered fish for himself. Being a coastal town, the [...]

White Bean Salad

Sunday with Marlena Spieler You ask how in the world does Candied lemon peel get incorporated in this recipe? Read on . This  journey of cooking through Marlena’s cookbook is a truly a world tour. We travel through different countries and our kitchen now smells of foods from all over the globe. The recipe called [...]

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